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The Minnesota Wild are a professional Ice Hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota . They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). FACTS :Founded: 2000-01 :Arena: Xcel Energy Center :Uniform colors: Forest green, Iron Range red, wheat, and harvest gold. :Logo design: A stylized animal's profile, with a mural of green trees, red sky, a yellow sun, with a white star as the eye and a river as the mouth. : Stanley Cup s won: 0 FRANCHISE HISTORY 2000 -- The Minnesota Wild pick Marian Gaborik #3 in Round 1 of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft . 2003 -- The Wild, in their first ever playoff appearance, make it all the way to the Western Conference Finals before being swept 4-0 by the Mighty Ducks Of Anaheim . Previously, the Wild had beaten the heavily favored and third seeded Colorado Avalanche in the first round in seven games, coming down from a 3-1 series deficit and winning both Game 6 and 7 in overtime. Andrew Brunette scored the series clincher. In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Wild beat the fourth seeded Vancouver Canucks, again in seven games, and again after being down 3-1 in the series. In the process, the Wild became the first team in playoff history to capture a seven game series twice after facing elimination during Game 5. SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORD ''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes'' :1 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL Lockout . NOTABLE PLAYERS Current squad ''As of April 15 , 2006 '' {Link without Title} Team captains ''Note: The Minnesota Wild are unique in the NHL in that the team has never named a permanent captain. The Wild have instead rotated the captaincy amongst several of its players (on a monthly basis) each season, with some players serving multiple times.
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Franchise scoring leaders These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Wild. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. ''Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points'' SEE ALSO
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